OUT WITH U-BOAT KILLER NUMBER 1; THE SECOND ESCORT GROUP'S SUCCESS. 26 JANUARY TO 25 FEBRUARY 1944, ON BOARD HMS STARLING. WITH THE 2ND ESCORT GROUP, COMMANDED BY CAPTAIN F J WALKER, CB, DSO AND TWO BARS, ON HIS MOST RECENT AND MOST SUCCESSFUL PATROL. THREE OF THE GROUP'S SIX U-BOAT "KILLS" WERE MADE WITHIN 16 HOURS.